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Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 2 September 2026

Debate

Data Centres: Water Resources

Contribution

I thank the Minister. She will no doubt be aware that the majority of planned data centres are in areas of water stress or even severe stress. Currently, plans that are put forward do not have to say what the consumption of water will be. The Environment Agency wants more data in order to plan better. Does she not think it should be a matter for planning to know how much water will be consumed by any proposed data centre—because it is very variable—so that we can plan properly?

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